Clues Found in Park Murder
SYDNEY, Fri.—The body of the woman who was murdered in Centennial Park yesterday, has been identified as Joyce Patterson,…
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Courts & crime, 1944
572 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 29
American Soldier On Murder Charge
BRISBANE, Fri.—Private Fountain B Williams, a young American soldier, was charged at a United States court-martial to-day, with having murdered…
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LISMORE, Fri.—After a hearing which lasted five days two police officers were late to-day committed for trial to the Lismore Quarter…
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BRISBANE, Fri.—In an attempt to check pillaging of cargoes, police were placed on a local wharf yesterday. However, the waterside workers took…
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BRISBANE, Sun.—A U.S. court-martial has sentenced Pte. Earl George Jones to life imprisonment for rape, and has dishonorably…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.—At the City Court to-day, Lieut. William Sheldon Horne (A.M.F.) was charged with having attempted…
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LISMORE, Mon.—Allegations that £5210 collected by Ernest Harold Fletcher as constable in charge at Nimbin police station from Italians…
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PERTH, Tues.—Found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of Pieter Van Den Bos (29), a Dutchman, Samuel D. Sigler (19), ship's…
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Before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., in the Grafton Court of Petty Sessions, Lewin Davis Rooke was fined £20 when he pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—Phillip James Campbell who, according to evidence at a Special Federal Court to-day, had obtained 1300 gallons…
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LISMORE, Tues.—Charged with misappropriation of £5210 collected from the Italian community in the Nimbin district for the Nimbin W.V.S…
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At the Dorrigo Police Court, before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., on Wednesday last, Clarence Kriss and Wilfred Earle Ford were charged with…
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Mr. T. H. Brooke, District Police Magistrate, paid his monthly visit to Dorrigo on Wednesday and had a heavy list of cases to deal with…
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Noel Deaves was before the Police Court on Wednesday, charged with having broken into the store room of Messrs. G. L. Briggs & Sons and…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.—A man who is alleged to have made a statement in connection with the murder of Mrs. [?]vce Pattison in Centennial Park on…
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Anthony Feros Baff was charged at the Dorrigo Police Court, on Wednesday, before Mr. T. H. Brooke P.M., with having in his possession…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.—On the application of Mr. Barry, K.C., Mr. Justice O'Bryan to-day issued a writ of habeas corpus against…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.—Convicted on a charge of having caused a fire which damaged another person's property, Albert Green, of…
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Before Mr. T. H. Brooke, P.M., at the Coff's Harbor Police Court on Friday, Henry Percy Young pleaded guilty to six charges of…
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WASHINGTON, Sat. — The capture of the Japanese air base on Engebi Island, and of several other islands in the northern…
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